USS San Antonio

August 30, 2013 |AP

The ship named after the Alamo City is heading to the Mediterranean ahead of a possible strike on Syria.

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Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, leans to look down the length of the a new ship to be christened the USS San Antonio. Escorting her during a tour of the new vessel at the Avondale shipyard near New Orleans are Northrop Grumman officials George R. Yount (left) and Jim McIngvale.

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Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, leans to look down the length of the a new ship to be christened the USS San Antonio. Escorting her during a tour of the new vessel at the Avondale shipyard near New Orleans are Northrop Grumman officials George R. Yount (left) and Jim McIngvale.